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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-10-08

Special Locals.
9ITTLE UP.
As we are now preparing to make our
fall purchases, all persons indebted to me
are requested to settle their bills by Oct.
10Th. G w HOKE,
NEW GOODS
Largest Stock in town, see
HYDE's JEwELRy STORE.
ssTlie Reah''-Just Introduced
A new and beautiful Kid Button Boot. Soft
and easy. No binding of seams on the joints
or bunions Elegant in quality and ft For
sale only by GErTIsaER h HoKE sole agents
for the manufacturer.
WORD TO ORGANBUYERS.
/ am now selling a GENUINE CHICAGO
COTTAGE ORGAN, with nine stops, q full
set of reeds, nickel plated pedal protectors,
fully warranted for five years for only FlF-
TY.SEvEN DOLLARS. give FREE with
this organ, large nickel-plated, adjustable
organ lamp. handsome stool and good
instructor Send for cut and fnll descrip-
ton of this beautiful organ, free by mail
Oct, l.l3t. Kingwcod, w. Va.
Holmes celebrated Tender foot Shoes
At Cost AT Cost
BOSTON BEE HIVE.
Sept. II If.
YOU ARE INVITED
to attend the Great Blanket Sale 700 Ele-
CANT Blankets to be sacrificed.
Red White and Grey
Good 1914 White Blankets, only 80 cts
+" Silver Grey Blankets
worth $l.T5 only $l.25
All Wool Red Ban-
keis, worth 400 only 3 25
This Sale will continue 80 days. Don't miss
it. tits chance for all.
At the Great Cash House of
G, P. HERRING
Cor. Queen and Martin SITS.
To The Ladies.
just introduced. The ''Rhea.v A new
and beautiful Button Boot, soft and easy.
No binding OF seams on the joints or bum
ions. Elegant in quality. style and TT.
For sale only by GETINGER 81 HOKE.
RED FLANNEL | RED FLANNEL |
Our Red Flannel Sale has now commenced.
A rare chance for bargains, attend at once.
Bought in July to secure Auction Drives
You shall have the advantage.
All Wool Red Flannel, ouly lac
Heavy All Wool Twilled, " 25c
Medicated Red Twilled, 40c
Our New Books have arrived, briag your
checks. T. r. HERRING,
Corner Queen and Msrtil streets,
FLEXIBLE, Stiff and Crush hats FAN
Styles-in all the new shapes.
at GE1TlSGEH a HOkES.
Fast Mail and u. S. A Grain Shoes,
At Cost AT Cost
BOSTON BEE HIVE.
We are going into the Wholesale gro
cory business.
Bargains at Gettinger { HOke S.
-(o)-
THIS MEANS JUST WHAT IT SAYS.
JOB LOTS, ODD LOTS AND OLD LOTS
| or SHOES TO BE CLO>EDUUr WITH
OUT REGARD TO COST.
We have 10 pairs Misses line Pebble side
| price S2.25: Now 81 90
A lot Misses lasting plain and tipped
| CATERS. Regula. pricr, Sl.,5 70 $2.25
| Now soc.
A lot infants and chiidrcn's slippers and
lace shoes. Regular price, Soc to Sl.25 !;
| Now 25c to close.
A great many others az similar rates, to
| clean out odd lots.
GETTINGER & HOKE.
queen Street.
Boys CassimeTes At Cost. IL differ
emit patterns Boys and Mems all wool
Cassimeres. Sold for go cts. Cost SO
cts BOSTON BEE HIVE.
LADIES JERSEYS.
LADIES JERSEYS.
ALL AT COST.
ALL AT COST.
BOSTON BEE HIVE.
BOSTON BEE HIVE.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-10-08
GOOD

Largest Stock in town, see
HYDE's JEwELRy STORE.
ssThe Reah,'-Just Introduced
A new and beautiful Kid Button Boot. Soft
and easy. No binding of seams on the joints
or bunions. Elegant in quality and flt For
sale only by GETrIseRR h HoKE, sole agents
for the manufacturer.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-10-08
To The Ladies'.

Just introduced The "Rbea.v A new
and beautiful Button Boot, soft and easy.
No binding OF seams on the joints or bum
ions. Elegant in quality. style and TT.
For sale only by GETINGER a. HOKE.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-10-08
UORD TO ORGANBUYERS

a WOItD 10 OHUd ~ ID y EIbs.
am now selling a GENUINE CHICAGO
COTTAGE ORGAN, with nine stops, full
set of reeds, nickel plated pedal protectors,
fully warranted for FIVE years for only FlF-
TY.SEvEN DOLLARS. give FREE with
this organ, large nickel-plated, adjustable
organ lamp. handsome stool and good
instructor. Send for cut and fnl descrip-
ton of this beautiful organ, free by mail
Address ROY @. STONE,
Oct, 1.13t. Kingwood, w. Va.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-10-08

IL is useless for us to try aud tell you about
our immense line Of Hats and Caps. We
carry all the nobby styles. We have bought
this season larger than usual and in order
to make them so from the start, we will
cut the prices, just 10 per cent We in
tend TO make this season one long to be re-
membered by the traue Of this community,
in the line OF
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-09
a Mecican Bird-SclIer,s Trick.

Every here and there in the City Of
Mexico may be seen a man standing on
the curbstoae holding out his finger, on
which pcrches q dainty bird, with
never an attempt 10 spread its wings
and fly away, although its little, beady,
bright eyes are full Of terror at the roar
Of the street. Is the little creature
drugged3 No; it is too alert and bright
of gaze for that. What, tLea, is the
secret Of its tamenoss? 1t is in like 0 n
dition to the jumping frog Of c~alaveras,
the vcndcr having taken tho ~precaution
to ill up its gullet with shot before sal
lying forth to find m unposted pur-
chaser.
It's unsafe to buy birds sold in the
City cf Mexico. except with the precau-
lion Of keeping them several days On
trial, lest they die shortly, and after d
bargain is concluded after such n test,
they should 4 be trusted in tie
hands Of the seller, who Will administer
q dose which will Kill them after d Ger
tain periols to leave 4 vacancy for fresh
salcs.-[San Francisco Chronicle.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-09
Hotels Ia, Cuba.

A Cuban hotel is a curiosity to stran-
gers. The dining rooms here face the
street, and they are as open rs though
no wall separated them from it. The
office counter and writing table, or
writing room, are at the end of the din.
ing room, and eating, writing and busi-
ness goes on inside Of the same WALL
This room, however, is a large square
one, and there Is no confusion. The
dining tables are of all sizes, SO that one
can dine alone or a parry Off dozen or
more eat at their table d'hote together.
As to decoration, the brightest of colors
are usel in the interior painting of the
hotel, and in some rooms f~rescoes pre-
vail. Red and sky blue is seen every
where, and the floors of the chambers
and halls are paved in marble and red
tile. write this letter in my bedroom.
There is no plaster on the ceilings OF
these hotels. and the great rafters above
me are as blue as the bluest sky. The
windows are almost as large as the side
Of the room, and they ale kept open day
and night. The led is Of iron, and the
mattress was never made of feathers. "A
framework extends on every Cuban bed,
and we slecpin cages of coarse lace like
that used for cheap curtains at home.
Most Of the Cuban beds havs no mat
~trcsses. The sheets are stretched on
wire springs. The rest Of the wood
work of this room is as blue rs the raf-
tiers, and every room seems to have its
" bright color. -[Cicveland Leader.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-09
Watches on Board Shin

The system of watches common to the
naval and merchant marine of MANY
countries, especially on American. Eng
lish and German vessels, consists in
dividing the day into watches of four
hours each, and dividing the crew into
the starboard or port watches, each tax.
ing alternately a four hours watch.
The time Of each watch is told Off on
the ships bell at intervals of half nm
hour. Half past 10, half past 4 and
half past s, day and night, are indi-
Gated by one tap of the bell; two bells
mean ], 5 and 0 O'Clock, and so on to
eight bells, which mean 4, s and IL. The
bells are sounded by twos; t.lus, five
bells syill be two strokes near together.
thenHtwo other strokes, then one stroke.
Eight bells are struck by four doublcts.
The dreaded "midwltch" is from mid
night tod o'clock in the morning. To
avoid this watch always falling to the
same division of men the watch from 4 to
9 in the evening is sometimes cut in two
at 9 o'clock; the watch coming on at
4 serving only till s, instead of s; and
the watch following coming on at 6 and
serving till s.. Then the watch which
went eff at 6 comes IN again at s. This
shifts the schame every twenty-four
hours.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-09

The old JumeI residence, one of the
most historic landmarks of New York
City, with the grounds attached, between
One Hundred and S xticth and One
Hundred and Sixty-sccond streets, has
been sold by the owner, Mr.. Nelson
Chase, to a Boston syndicate. It was in
this house that General Washington
made his headquarters duriag his cam
paign on Manhattan Island. The origi-
pnal owner of the house was Rodgcr
Morris, born in 1927, who was an init
mate friend of Washington during the
Revolution. He married Mary Philippe,
an heiress in her W right to SO, 900
acres of land. Morris, who remained
loyal to the Grown, went to England,
his and b wife's property being conis-
Gated by the act of attainder passed by
the New York Z legislature in 1870. The
house afterwarl belonged to Jume1, whose
widow IL ar.ied Aaroa Burr. It5subse-
quently became the property of Mr..
Jumers ncice, who became the wife Of
Nelson Chase. Mrs. Chase's children
sought to recover the property in 1865,
and spent in the Is years litigation
$500, 600, but were finally defeated. In
1880 q partition suit was begun, and in
1882 the house was bought in a public
auction Ly MI. Chase, and since then has
been owned by him and his daughter,
Mrs. Caryl. The old mansion is replete
with historic interest. The bricks used
in its construction were brought from
Holland and still look as if they would
last for centuries to come. When Jumel
took possession he went to France and
loaded q ship with choice furniture,
paintings and young trees and shrubs to
adorn tho grounds. Some of the furni-
ture came out Of French palaces. New
York Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-09
Canned Gnods.

This is the season for canned goods,
ond every housckecpcr should be ia
miliar with the rules of DR.. Johnson to
escape the danger of poisoning, which
he considers in nearly all cases is due to
the muriate of zinc and the muriatc of
tin. He says: R,jcct every article OF
canned goods that docs not show the
line Of resin around the edge of the
solder of the cap, the same as is seen on
the scam of the can. Rject every can
that does not have the name of the manu-
f~acturer or firm upon it, as we'll as the
name of the company and the town where
manufactured. Standards have all this.
When the Wholesale dealer is ashamed
to have his name on the goods, fight shy
of them. P.ess on the bottom of the
can. If decomposition is commencing
the tin will rattle, the same as the bottom
of the oiler of your sewing machine will
do. If the goods are sound it will be
solid and there will be no rattle to the
tin. Reject every tin that shows any
signs of rust around the cap on the inside
of the head of the can. IF housewives
are educated to these points, then the mu-
riate of zinc amalgam will become a
thing of the past, and dealers in 'tswells'
have to seek some other occupation
TROY Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-09
indians Eaporfte Food.

Ghee is prepared by boiling 1resh
drawn milk in earthen pots for an hour or
more and adding, after it has cooled, a
little curdled milk, says the st. james
Gazette. The curdled mass is then
churned for half an hour, some hot water
is added, and the churning continued for
half an hour longer, when the butter
forms. This butter is then boiled until
all the watery particles and curds have
been thrown off by repeated skimmings.
The clear oil is poured into a vessel to
cool, and the graduated mass thus
formed is ghee. 1t is kept in earthen
pots and sold at banyas' shops at the
rate of two pounds to three pounds for q
rupee. If well made, ghee will keep
good for years, losing its favor some
what, but not its properties, which i'm
prove with age. In some cd families
you will fin ghee over 100 years old,
buried under the earth in carthen jars.
Instances are known of the preservation
of ghee without faint, for 200 years, and
V e longer. Ghee is an article OF great
COMMERCIAL Importance in many parts of
India, being exported to all the sea
coasts of eastern and southern Asia to
the extent of 400 to 500 tons annually.
According to the statistical authorities,
1896. 433 pounds of ghee were exported
from India in the year 1S79-s0.
All but the poorest classes in India,
whether Hindoo or Mohammedans, use
ghec for ordinary cooking purposes.
Where the English cook uses butter,
suet or lard, the Indian uses ghec. In
frying potatoes, in cooking dai, in cook
ing sweetmeats, in preparing tasteful
dishes, the upper and middle classes
always use ghee, which is also rubbed
over chupatics, the fat fou- cakes serv-
ing for bread, and p urcd over ric, at
the time Of eating. One of the secrets
of the fine flavor of India made curries
is the use of good ghcc. And neither
Hindoos nor Mohammedans will touch
any food that is cooked with ghee which
they believe to be aduitcratel with Pigs
or cows fat.
Gilee is believed by the Hindoos to be
the purest eatable thing under the sun.
The widow, who is forbidden to partake
of all luxurious food, is allowed to take
ghee with her simple bread Of rice. The
self-denying jogees, sunnyasis, and
other ~ascetics sometimes live on nothing
but ghec. Al weddings, funerals, and
on other great occasions public dinners
must be given, or the offending party
will be punished by accommodation
from caste. Most of the dishes that are
served at these banquets are prepared
with ghee. At many festival; aims con-
sisting of rice, dai, and sweetmeats are
given TO the B%rahmans, and must be
cooked in ghee. Tao food set before
the Brahmans at feast times consists
mainly of sweetmeats, in the prepare
ton of which ghee enters largely. At
cremations ghee is poured over the
corpse and on the funeral pyre.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-09
De aston about Snake SIT


It is popularity supposed that snakes
keep all their poison in their 'sting,"
and that the sting enters the body of
the person stung, and this communicates
the poison. This is a mistake for two
reasons. First, because the snake has no
sting at all, and second, because the
poison is formed and kept in q gland
near the eye until used. The snake does
not sting; he bites. When he bites, the
teeth act as q transmitter, carrying the
poison from the gland in the snakes
head to the flesh of the being bitten. A
scorpion, wasp or bee has a sting. The
thing which in q snake is called a sting
is simply q tongue. This tongue assists
in producing the noise which is called
Kissing. It performs other functions,
also, but it never has caused and never
can cause the slightest injury to the flesh
of any living thing with which it has
corne or will come in contact. The cx-
act location Of the poison gland is just
back Of and below the eye on each side
ofthe head. The poison is a thin yellow
fluid, resembling the white Of eggs. This
is the color Of the poison of all known
serpents.-[Globc Democrat.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-09
a Curious Creature.

Count Joachim Pfeil, the German
African explorer, who has left Germany
as governor-general of Somall country,
gives the following account of a mys-
ferrous creature seen on the coast of the
Ulanga district: 1--WE often saw an
animal in the water which we first be-
lieved to be a serpent from its move
ments, and from the fact that only now
and then it appeared on the surface for
q few seconds. Once, when we shot at
it, We were surprised to see it rise out of
the water and fly away. Afterward we
succeeded in obtaining one Of the curious
creatures. It was tho size OF a large
game duck, with black p.umage and a
metallic lustrc. On its wings VIC noticed
q few very light yellow feathers. The
neck was very long and thin, and ended
in o long, pointed beak, at the edge Of
which Were two rows of sharp teeth. At
first sight no head was visible, and the
neck appeared to end only in a beak.
The whole body Of the bird is under
water while swimming, only tho long
neck was sccn. II it was frightened it
disappeared altogether under the water,
Or few rapidly away. Another peculiar.
ity which We noticed was that when the
bird had left the water it lay down on d
bush with outstretchcd wingsto got dry.
The flesh Of this creature has M unplcas-
ant, oily flavor"
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-09
Recipes.

BOILED SWEET POTATOES - Choose
potatoes of uniform size, wash and boil
them in their skins for twenty minutes
drain and lay in the oven, turning them
several times to hinder burning, until
they yield readily to the touch; serve
without pairing.
WATER~CREssEs.- Wash we'll, pick
off decayed leaves and leave in ice
water until you are ready to eat them.
They should then be shaken free of wet
and piled lightly in a glass dish. Eat
with salt. They arc a piquant appetizer
on sultry mornings and very whole
some.
CHILDREN's CooKIEs.-Two cups of
sugar, one of butter, W. tcaspoonfuls of
yeast powder, W eggs, one nutmeg,
one cup of cold water, and flour enough
to roll soft. Divide into cakes and bake
in a quick oven, and, when done, put
the cakes into a tin box, tightly closed,
SO as to keep them both soft and crisp.
CHICKEN soUP.-Cut up one chicken
and put it into two quarts of milk sea-
son with salt and pepper. When about
half done add two tablespoonfuls of
barley and rice. When this is done re-
move the chicken from the soup, tear or
cut part of the breast into small pieces
and add to the soup with q cup of
cream.
DRESSED Eees. Boil the eggs hard,
and when cool, peel and divide the
whites carefully, cutting the long way
and placing the pieces in pairs on d dish.
mash the yolks with a small quantity of
butter and minced ham, seasoned highly
with salt. pepper and mustard, and roll
ing into small balls, place in the cava-
ties of the whites and close 50 as to
resemble whole eggs
sTEwED CoDFIsH.-Put three pounds
of fresh Goldfish into boiling water, add.
ing a ~teaspoonful Of salt, and, after boil
ing five minutes, allow it to drain. HI, at
in a sauce pan / pint rich milk or cream,
with 4 tablespoons fine bread crumbs.
Place the fish intp this sauce, stcwing it
for ten minutes, and season with CAYENNE
pepper and a spoonful of white wine,
Cut the Goldfish into pieces. Sliced hard
boiled eggs served with this sauce tends
to improve the same.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-09
The Wett,s Secret.

knew it all my boyhood; in o lonesome
valley meadow,
Like a dryad's mirror hidden by the woods
dim arches near;
Its eye flashed back the sunshine and grew
dark and sad with shadow,
And / loved its truthful depths, where
every pebble lay so clear.
scoored my hand and drank it, and
watched the sensate culver
OF the ripping rings of silver as the drops
of crystal fell;
! pressed the richer grasses from the little
trickling river
Till at last 1 knew, as friends know, every
secret of the well.
But one day I stood beside it, on a sudden,
unexpected.
shadow hid the place,
And / looked in the dark waters, saw my
pallid cheek reflected,
And beside it. looking upward, met an
evil, reptile face.
Looking upward, ~furtiye, startled at the
silent, swift intrusion;
Til n it darted toward the grasses, and I
saw not where it fled,
But ] knew its eyes were on me, and the old
time sweet illusion
OF the pure and perfect symbol / had
cherished there was dead.
Oh, the pain to know the perjury of seeming
truth that blessesl
My soul was scared like sin to see the false
hood Of the place
And the innocence that Knocked me; while in
dim, unseen recesses
There was lurking fouler secrets than the
furtiye reptile face.
And since then-ah, why the burden? when
joyous faces greet me.
With eyes of limpid Innocence and words
devoid of art,
cannot trust their seeming, but must ask
whas eyes would meet me
Could look in sudden silence at the secrets
Q fthe ~heart.-[JoHN BOYLE O'RErLLY.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-09

I was o little in advance of you,,' h
added, and am glad to be able to Of
fer you my arm, for the path is really
perilous at this hour. >
He gently raised Nellie from . hear
on the ground to her own slender,
| graceful height. .
An attempt to step, however, was st
painful that he rather carried than as
sisted her. At the door of our hote
the opportune young man was revealed
by the light to be dark eyed and pleas
ing Of feature.
Something in the trick of his voice, a.
Nellie having been deposited on tht
sofa, he bowed and left us, seemed ia
miliar, but the impression was gone in a
moment.
The next morning the card of Ernest
dc Ia Pelricre was. handed to me and
found the kindly face Of our cavalier
of the previous night before me, anxious
to know if madame had rested well and
if he who was 80 desole at the mishap,
might be allowed to shorten her hours oil
confinement by sending some new books
and flowers.
What could I do but smile on so pleas.
ant an offer for my young %sister, and
permit any n disposed to be sympa'
thetic to make an occasional visit.
The tedium of our stay. and Nellie's
slow recovery was lightened to an extent
that soon alarmed me, for I detected a
brightness in Ncllic's face when M. de
la Perrierc's fair face was heard, and 9
soft, almost caressing tone in his voice
when saying only the commonplace
greetings of the day.
What was best to do2 had not been
wise in allowing a stranger to ingratiate
himself into our favor.
/ sat one day worrying my poor,
racked brain once more in continuing a
way to diminish the intimacy I now felt
to have been rashly encouraged.
Suddenly M. de la Pcrriere stood be.
fore me, begging to BE- allowed to sit
by my side. lie told me in plain, earn
est words, of his love for Nellie and his
desire to make her his wife. He gave
me undisputable proof of his w,altb,
good position, and high moral char
acter.
What a weight was LITE d from my
hearth / need not tell Of warm assent and
sisterly congratulations.
We returned to the hotel and I judi
ciously left the enamored swain to tell
the old, old story.
When next / entered the room Nellie
was looking quietly content, and Ernest
radient, but with an amused light in his
eyes as he drew an ordinary little slip Of
paper from a we'll worn R~lssia-leather
p~ockct-book.
Would you like to hear my be
trothed's first love letter to mc2" he
said. And he cooliy read aloud the
c%ontrite note Nellie had written to her
pickpocket. .
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-09
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
TO Tell Good Eggs from Bad.
,~ood eoo will sink in water.

A good egg will sink in water.
A boiled egg which is done will dry
quickly on the she'll when taken from the
kettle.
The toiled eggs which adhere to the
she'll are fresh laid.
After an egg has lain a day or more the
she'll comes off easily when boiled.
A fresh egg has a lime-like surface to
its shell.
Eggs that have been packed in lime
look stained and show the action of the
lime on the surface.
Eggs packed in bran for q long time
smell and taste musty.
With the aid of the hands, or piece OF
paper rolled in funnel share and held
toward the light, the human eye can
look through an eggg, she'll and all.
If an egg is clear and golden in ap-
pearance when held to the light, it is
good; if dark or spotted, it is bad.
Many devices have been tested to keep
eggs fresh, but the less time an egg is
kept the better for the egg and the one
that cats it. -[Brooklyn Citizen.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-09
Hnd Her Wfsh

a sick Indy IN ElIavilie last Saturday
evening had just expressed a wish that
some Of tho hunters would bring her 4
bird, when before any al her friends had
replied, 4 partridge carnc Iattcring
down the chimney. Tho bird vas
caught addressed for her, and she en-
joyea ft.-Isavannah News.